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NY Minute: Will immigrant children be housed at Fort Drum?

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Hundreds of family members and friends cheered the return of about 130 10th Mountain Division soldiers to Fort Drum last month. Federal officials are considering using Fort Drum to house immigrant children.
( Stephen D. Cannerelli | scannerelli@syracuse.com)

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